"I wish we had more detailed steps to take," a Republican strategist said.
Speaking at an event on Friday, two former attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice said the once-independent and nonpartisan agency had been decimated as the rule of law comes increasingly under attack. read more
The three-judge panel decided Monday that it was too late to redraw the state's congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. read more
The Trump administration is considering requiring banks to collect proof of citizenship, like passports, from its customers, people familiar with the talks told Semafor. The policy would be retroactive, which means banks would have to solicit documentation from current customers as well as future ones, the people said. REAL IDs, which do not prove citizenship, would not be considered eligible.
A dozen public health experts are arriving in South Carolina to help the state contain the largest U.S. measles outbreak in more than 30 years, but they're not coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
... the once-independent and nonpartisan agency had been decimated as the rule of law comes increasingly under attack. ...
At this point, it appears that, for the DoJ, the Rule of Law no longer exists.
It has become The Rule of Trump.
We can't delay any longer': Trump urges Bondi to prosecute his rivals (September 2025)
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... In a Truth Social post Saturday, the president specifically called out Sen. Adam Schiff, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James for prosecution. ...
@#47 ... The draft dodging geriatric morbidly obese pedophilic Dotard-in-Chief desperately wanted to be in the women's USA hockey team locker room in Italy when they showered and changed ...
Apparently, that is an established desire for him ...
Donald Trump had a habit of walking into the dressing rooms of teen beauty queens (2016)
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... As owner of the Miss Teen USA pageant franchise, Donald Trump felt entitled to walk into the dressing rooms of aspiring young beauty queens.
Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant told BuzzFeed that Trump would often show up in their dressing room unannounced while the contestants, some as young as 15, were changing.
"I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, Oh my god, there's a man in here'," Mariah Billado, former Miss Vermont Teen USA, told BuzzFeed reporters. She remembers Trump's response -- that he said something along the lines of "Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before."
Tasha Dixon, the former Miss Teen Arizona, competed in the 2001 Teen USA pageant. She was 18 at the time and remembers how Trump would "come strolling right in" when girls were "half-naked, changing into [their] bikinis ... .some girls were topless. Other girls were naked," according to an interview with the CBS station in Los Angeles.
"There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing," Dixon said. She said that was most of the girls' first introduction to Trump. She said that Trump's behavior put her and the other pageant contestants in a "very physically vulnerable position," and that his entrance was usually accompanied by "the pressure of the people that worked for him telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention."
Trump apparently considered access to the women's changing rooms one of the perks of owning the beauty pageant franchises MissUniverse and Miss Teen USA, which he bought in 1996. ...
Stevie Wonder - Ngiculela-Es Una Historia--I Am Singing (1976)
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Lyrics excerpt...
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This song, with lyrics in Zulu and Spanish, talks about how love is what's music is all about.
Ngiculela ikusasa
Ngiyacula ngo thando
Ngicula ngelinyi langa
Uthando luyobusa
Jikelele kulomhlaba wethu
Es una historia de maana
Es una historia de amor
Es una historia que amor reinar
Por nuestro mundo
Es una historia de mi corazn
There's songs to make you smile
There's songs to make you sad
But with a happy song to sing
It never seems as bad
To me came this melody
So I've tried to put in words how I feel
Tomorrow will be for you and me
I am singing of tomorrow
I am singing of love
I am singing someday love will reign
Throughout this world of ours
I am singing of love from my heart
Let's all sing someday sweet love will reign
Throughout this world of ours
Let's start singing
Of love from our hearts
Let's start singing
Of love from our hearts
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@#29 ... It sure made Patel look like an immature idiot, though. ...
As he used taxpayer money to fly to that celebration.
But then there's this ...
Jim Jordan defends Patel's Olympic partying, citing security focus' of trip
thehill.com
... Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday dismissed criticism against FBI Director Kash Patel for partying in the locker room with the U.S. men's hockey team following their gold medal win at the Olympics.
Jordan brushed off concern when asked by CNN's Manu Raju whether the House Judiciary Committee, which Jordan chairs, should "look into" Patel's actions.
"I think he was over there because of security," Jordan said, citing the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. "The FBI is, I'm sure, going to be involved in making sure things are secure for the spectators, for the athletes, for people who are coming there. From my understanding, he's doing all that."
"There's a security focus, I think that's there and, oh by the way, our team just won in this amazing game," he added.
Patel's alleged use of government-owned private jets for personal travel reentered the spotlight over the weekend after a viral video showed him drinking beers with players in the Team USA locker room following their 2-1 overtime victory against Canada on the final day of the Winter Olympics. ...
So... Rep Jordan "thinks" there might be a security focus there.
OK, then.
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@#95 ... Wait... if their Nuke Program was 'obliterated' last year, why is he threatening to bomb them this year? ...
Found this...
Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated -- and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News (June 25, 2025)
www.whitehouse.gov
And this ...
Witkoff says Iran 'a week away' from nuclear bombmaking material (February 23, 2026)
thehill.com
Apropos?
Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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